bring home
Get to the heart of a matter, make perfectly clear. For example, The crash brought home the danger of drinking and driving. This term uses home in the figurative sense of “touching someone or something closely.” [Second half of 1800s]
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How to use bring home in a sentence
She must be beautiful and attractive for her partner and bring home at least half of the family income.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism | Dina Goldstein | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the best part is, unlike the Olympics, we already know that a U.S. team will bring home the gold.
The State of the Union Should Be More Like the Super Bowl | Kevin Bleyer | February 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost people think less about their nominal annual salary than about how much they bring home in each paycheck.
Mistakes bring home dead officers or bad intelligence or both.
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I was so glad to get this school, because it would give me something for my mother, whom I hoped to bring home before long.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesWhy, he asked the high heavens, had she told him to bring home a roll of cotton, if she was going to leave him?
Cabin Fever | B. M. BowerI could barely reach one little twig of pale, discolored leaves, to bring home as a memento.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousHe nach'elly scorned to bring home a squirrel shot back of the ears.
The Way of a Man | Emerson HoughThe great affair,” I asked, “is to bring home to him the kidnapping?
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